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Taft Niles West

Eagles

Wolves

The Niles West (Skokie, IL) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 3-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taft	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
Niles West	0	1	0	0	2	0	-	3	7	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Niles West (24-25)

Taft

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.231	26	26	1	6	1	2
1	Ginevra Kellogg (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Victoria Perez (So)	.667	3	3	0	2	0	1
5	Michaela Power (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1
11	Mia Perez (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	I. Dennewitz (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
20	C. Villaraza (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
32	Samantha Ricken (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
33	Haley Eccarius (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
63	Morgan Eccarius (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
99	G. Gonzalez (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0

Niles West

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.269	27	26	3	7	2	1
1	Sam Torres	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
9	Amaya Joyce	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	Penny Hutchison	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1
12	Lexi Kuffel	.667	3	3	0	2	1	0
13	Mia Mendoza	.667	3	3	1	2	0	0
15	Ava Kolbe	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
16	Sarah Park (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
20	C. Alameda	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
23	Ava Hester	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	4	.231	.308	.539
1	Ginevra Kellogg (Sr)	1	1	.000	.000	.000
2	Victoria Perez (So)	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
5	Michaela Power (Jr)	1	0	.333	.667	1.000
13	I. Dennewitz (Sr)	0	0	.333	.333	.666
20	C. Villaraza (So)	1	2	.000	.000	.000
32	Samantha Ricken (Sr)	0	2	.000	.000	.000
33	Haley Eccarius (So)	0	1	.000	.000	.000
63	Morgan Eccarius (Sr)	0	1	.333	.333	.666
99	G. Gonzalez (Jr)	1	1	.333	.333	.666

Niles West

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	1	6	.296	.308	.604
1	Sam Torres	1	2	0	1	.333	.000	.333
9	Amaya Joyce	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
11	Penny Hutchison	0	0	0	1	.333	.667	1.000
12	Lexi Kuffel	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
13	Mia Mendoza	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
15	Ava Kolbe	0	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000
16	Sarah Park (Fr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
20	C. Alameda	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
23	Ava Hester	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666

Taft

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	24	18	6
5	Michaela Power (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1
9	J. Hernandez (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1
11	Mia Perez (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
13	I. Dennewitz (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
20	C. Villaraza (So)	1.000	2	1	1
32	Samantha Ricken (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2
33	Haley Eccarius (So)	1.000	6	6	0
63	Morgan Eccarius (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0
99	G. Gonzalez (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0

Niles West

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.931	29	21	6	2
1	Sam Torres	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	Amaya Joyce	1.000	3	3	0	0
11	Penny Hutchison	1.000	1	1	0	0
12	Lexi Kuffel	.667	3	1	1	1
13	Mia Mendoza	1.000	4	4	0	0
15	Ava Kolbe	.750	4	0	3	1
16	Sarah Park (Fr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
20	C. Alameda	1.000	1	0	1	0
23	Ava Hester	1.000	5	4	1	0

Taft

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.50	0	0		1				0
9	J. Hernandez (Sr)	3.50	0	0		1				0

Niles West

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
12	Lexi Kuffel	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Taft

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	3	3	1	6			0	27	26
9	J. Hernandez (Sr)	6	8	3	3	1	6			0	27	26

Niles West

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	1	0	0	4			0	26	26
12	Lexi Kuffel	7	4	1	0	0	4			0	26	26

Taft

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.308	.333	0	0			76
9	J. Hernandez (Sr)	.308	.333	0	0			76

Niles West

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.154	.154	0	0			94
12	Lexi Kuffel	.154	.154	0	0			94

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Niles West edges Taft

April 15, 2025: Skokie, IL 60077

In Tuesday's non-league match, the host Niles West Wolves softball team scored a tight 3-1 victory over the Taft Eagles.

The Wolves (3-7) will now prepare for their match against Maine East (Park Ridge, IL). The Blue Demons go into the Central Suburban - North match with a 2-7 record. In their last match, Maine East by Niles North (Skokie, IL), 15-0, in a league match.

In their next game, the Eagles battle the Payton College Prep Grizzlies (Chicago, IL) in a Chicago Public Red match, on Wednesday, April 16. Taft will attempt to better on its 8-5 season record. The Grizzlies go into the match with a 2-7 record after their 5-4 league win over Amundsen (Chicago, IL).

Taft @ Niles West Softball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 15, 2025 @ 4:45p

The Niles West (Skokie, IL) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

Taft (24-25)

IL	Class
82	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
23-14	6-1	11-1	10-9	2-4	.622	.857	287	151

Niles West (24-25)

IL	Class
288	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-17	4-4	7-9	2-7	1-1	.370	.500	157	168

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Taft	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.3	.8	1.4	-	-	7.8	8.9	1.4
Niles West	1.3	1.1	.6	.9	.8	.6	.8	0	2.0	5.8	7.8	2.2

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Niles West
.343	Batting Average	.282
.427	On Base Percentage	.354
.508	Slugging Percentage	.384
.940	Fielding Percentage	.920
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.346

Team Leaders

Taft		Niles West	National Avg.
#5 Michaela Power.478	Batting Average	#21 Maise Parylak.667	.287
#5 Michaela Power.508	On Base Percentage	#21 Maise Parylak.750	.406
#5 Michaela Power.826	Slugging Percentage	#21 Maise Parylak1.333	.393
#20 Charlie Villaraza1.000	Fielding Percentage	#17 Ava Hortega.992	.829
#16 Claire Dennewitz1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#12 Lexi Kuffel.417	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	8-3		Niles West	1-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/25	Resurrection	Taft	(W) 14-4	3/17/25	Resurrection	Niles West	(L) 7-4
4/12/25	Taft	Lincoln Park	(W) 10-0	4/3/25	Lincoln Park	Niles West	(W) 9-0
5/6/25	Lincoln Park	Taft	(W) 14-0
4/14/25	Whitney Young	Taft	(W) 3-2	4/10/25	Whitney Young	Niles West	(L) 17-9
5/12/25	Taft	Whitney Young	(L) 2-0	5/30/25	Niles West	Whitney Young	(L) 2-1
6/4/25	Taft	Whitney Young	(W) 7-1
4/17/25	Lane Tech	Taft	(L) 12-2	4/14/25	Lane Tech	Niles West	(L) 15-4
5/3/25	Lane Tech	Taft	(L) 5-3
5/10/25	Taft	Lane Tech	(W) 5-3
4/23/25	Taft	Antioch	(W) 6-2	4/30/25	Niles West	Antioch	(L) 3-1
4/28/25	Taft	Amundsen	(W) 13-0	5/23/25	Amundsen	Niles West	(L) 5-3

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Niles West (24-25)
23-14	Overall	10-17
9-2	League	4-4
10-8	Non-League	6-12
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
8-3	Common Opponent	1-6
11-1	Home	7-9
10-9	Away	2-7
2-4	Neutral	1-1
3-1	Playoff	0-1
19-11	In-State	10-17
4-3	Out-of-State	0-0